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Isaiah 50:4-9a

The Servants Humiliation and Vindication

4 The Lord God has given me the tongue of a teacher,*that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word.Morning by morning he wakens wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught.
5 The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, I did not turn backwards.
6 I gave my back to those who struck me, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard;I did not hide my face from insult and spitting.

7 The Lord God helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced;therefore I have set my face like flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame;
8 he who vindicates me is near.Who will contend with me? Let us stand up together.Who are my adversaries? Let them confront me.
9 It is the Lord God who helps me; who will declare me guilty?All of them will wear out like a garment; the moth will eat them up.